Antonyms for reform
rɪˈfɔrmre·form

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1. reformverb

   Synonyms:
   rectification, correction, reclaim, amend, repair, improve, restore, mend, correct, better, rectify, amendment, reformation

2. reformverb

   Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.

   Synonyms:
   amend, mend, rectify, reclaim, improve, better, restore, correct, reformation, amendment, rectification, correction, repair

3. reformverb

   To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a person of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.

   Synonyms:
   repair, mend, rectify, restore, correct, amend, reclaim, improve, better

4. reformverb

   To form again or in a new configuration.

   Synonyms:
   restore, rectify, mend, reclaim, improve, amend, correct, better, repair

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reform

   To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

   Synonyms:
   advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, repair

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reform

   Antonyms:
   corrupt, vitiate, worsen, deteriorate, perpetuate, stabilitate, confirm, impair, deform, stereotype

   Synonyms:
   amend, ameliorate, correct, rectify, better, reclaim, regenerate, remodel, reconstitute, reorganize, improve

Matched Categories

1. • Campaign
   • Change Integrity
   • Chemistry
   • Create From Raw Material
   • Improve
   • Improvement

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. reformnoun

   a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

   "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"

2. reformnoun

   a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

   "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"

3. reformverb

   self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

   "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"

4. reformverb

   make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

   "reform a political system"

   Synonyms:
   rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the light

5. reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectifyverb

   bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

   "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

   Synonyms:
   refine, recover, reclaim, right, repair, tame, renew, domesticize, regenerate, restore, correct, rectify, domesticise, domesticate, revitalize, amend, straighten out, repossess, remedy, rejuvenate, remediate, see the light

6. reformverb

   produce by cracking

   "reform gas"

   Synonyms:
   rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the light

7. reformverb

   break up the molecules of

   "reform oil"

   Synonyms:
   rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the light

8. reformverb

   improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition

   "reform the health system in this country"

   Synonyms:
   rectify, regenerate, straighten out, reclaim, see the light

9. reform, straighten out, see the lightverb

   change for the better

   "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"

   Synonyms:
   shed light on, reclaim, disentangle, enlighten, crystalize, clear up, crystalise, regenerate, illuminate, crystallize, iron out, sort out, square away, clear, rectify, straighten, crystallise, straighten out, clean up, elucidate, unsnarl, put right, neaten, tidy, tidy up, see the light

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1. reformverb

   Synonyms:
   reclaim, regenerate, convert, amend

How to use reform in a sentence?

1. Geoffrey Pyatt:

   Rather than supporting Ukraine's reforms and working to root out corruption, corrupt actors within the prosecutor general's office are making things worse by openly and aggressively undermining reform.

2. Kristen Gillibrand:

   While there's no doubt that those are important advances, this bill does not reform the military justice system in a way that will truly help survivors get justice.

3. Michael Rubin:

   I think what the support did is bring the overall problem of the criminal justice reform that's needed to light, there's so many other people that have been wrongfully convicted.

4. Kay Stimson:

   This represents an attempt to introduce primary reform, brian Kemp took the ball and ran with it.

5. Gregory Gause:

   We could be surprised, but I think that the signals so far are that security remains the foremost priority, that there's no inclination for broader political reform or change, or even a loosening up of the environment for political speech.

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